Power-motor.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

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Illlml W SNEE POWER MOTOR. l APPLIUATION Hmm JUNI: 7. 1907.

WILLIAM SXEE, OF WEST ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. ISNEE, OF WEST ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA.

POWER-MTGB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.'

Application filed June 7, 1997. Serial No. 377,742.

To all 107mm itt/ay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SNEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at VY est Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power-Motors and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the samel` reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and t`ig ures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvedpower motor g and it comprises a series of vertically-arranged deiiecting-blades arranged at regular intervals about a circle, each of said blades being tangent to an inscribed circle, a rotary wheel arranged within the circle of the deflecting blades, said wheel having a plurality of series of propeller-blades, the inner series arranged radially and the Vouter at an angle and intermediate thereof. to direct the motive gles toward said radial blades and the invention further consists in the certain details of construction and combination of parts as will be fullydescribed hereinafter.

The object of this present invention is to provide a power motor that may be operated by water or air currents, or by the undulated motion of the waves of the sea, or any regular or irregular currents of wind or water.

In the accompanying drawings ,-Figu-r'e 1 is a sectional plan view of my improved power motor, the said section being taken on the line :13, a', of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a centra-l sectional elevation of the same, the section being taken on the l-ine y, y, of F ig. l.

To put my invention into practice, I forni from cast metal, or other suitable material, a bed plate 1, preferably annular in form and of a suitable size and form of construction, the said bed plate having at its center, a bearing 2, for the reception of the lower end of a vertically-arranged shaft .3, carrying a rotatable power wheel of peculiar construction, the said wheel resting upon ballbearings 4 to reduce the yfriction on the parts. This rotatable power or propelling wheel consists of a plurality of series of vertically-ai`- ranged blades, the one, or inner set 6 placed in radial form at regular intervals about a circle, and the outer series 8, (which are prefpower approximately at right an-` `be free to revolve.

i trom any direction, and by era-bly dished or curved in cross section) intermediate and extending beyond the periphery or outer edges of said inner series, each blade of which is adapted to deflect the niotive power toward and against the inner blades 6, at approximately right angles. These blades 6 and 8, are attached at the top and bottom to two disks or plates 5, by rivets passing through ianges 7 and 7, the said plates being securely attached to the central shaft 3, by keys t passing through hubs formed integral with said plates.

Attached to the bed plate 2 and to another plate 10, of similar forni and located above the inner rotatable wheel, tionary detlecting blades 11, placed at regular intervals about a circ-le, said blades being of iiat metal, dished or curved in cross section at their outer edges, and arranged similar to those S, of the propeller-that is, ap-

are a series of sta-v proxiniately tangent to an inscribed circle.

These deflecting blades 11 may be of the same `or a greater or less number of those of the propeller wheel.` The inner edges of these stationary deiiecting-blades 1l are slightly removed from those (8) of the pro-` peller, in such Ina-nner that the latter may These outer deiiectingblades ll are attached to the bed plate 1, and top plate i0, by means of rivets passing through flanges 7 formed integral (or otherwise) with said blades.

If it is desired to use the motor in air currents, the apparatus is laced in an exposed osition, where the wind) or air currents may have free access thereto; or if itisdesired to operate the motor with water currents or wave undulation, the apparatus is partly or altogether submerged in the water.

The propelling power entering lthe wide openings between the deflectingeblades 11 is directed against the radial blades 6, at approximately right angles to the same. The said motive power may enter the apparatus reason of the angle of inclination of the deflectors l1 and V8,

the power will exert itself on the propellingblades when both filling in and emptying from the# apparatus, orvfrom an undulating volume of water, or from pulsating action of either air or water.

Various slight modiiications and changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit ofthe invention. Therefore do not wishto conne I claim, end 'desire to secure by LettersiPatl ent, is y v 1. Apower motor, comprising en inner rotatable Wheel hayng a series of radially-dis- 10 posed ropelier-biades, a series of intermediete de ceiling-blades projecting between the radiel1y-disposed propeller-Modes and arranged to direct the motive power toward the same, in combination. With a series of sta- 15 tionery deiecting-blades arranged tangent to an inscribed circle. v

senses 2; A power motor, comprising an inner rotatable Wheei having a, series ofc radially-d1 posed ropeiier-bledes, a series of intermedilete dev rooting-blades projectinr between and beyond the outer periphery o? the radiallydisposed;propeller-blades and arranged to direct the motive power toward the same, 1n

combination vwith aseries of stationary den liiectinU-biades arranged tangent to- .en inscribed circle. y

In testimony whereof, I'afiiX my signature, in presence oi two Witnesses.

. 'WILLIAM SNEE. Witnesses WM. G. WALTEK, F. J. KERRrGAN. 

